CHIRP Podcasts

Podcasts on the topic of “Julie Mueller”6 results

Local band Nest caught up with CHIRP volunteer Julie Mueller at the CHIRP studios. They talked about the band's 90s influences, their favorite places to play in Chicago, and what it's like to listen to music on vinyl versus digitally.

Arty, fuzzy and punkish - The Funs, Philip Lesicko and Jessee Rose Crane, visit CHIRP's studio to chat with DJ Julie Mueller. Jessee muses about her life peaking after touring with The Breeders last year, they discussed how naivety is responsible for the artist's residence they're building in the funeral home formerly owned by Philip's grandparents, and detailed why it was important to move downstate to continue to create art.

You can expect My Survival (a double LP) from The Funs this fall, out on Manic Static. The Funs play the Empty Bottle on Saturday, April 11th.

Local band Fort Frances sits down with CHIRP DJ Julie Mueller in their West Loop rehearsal space for a light-hearted discussion on how they describe their sound, what the label "pop music" means to the band and the important contribution of Jeff's "bass face" to the group. Things turn philosophical in regards to how listeners currently digest music and how the band would be "f*#&cked" without a desire to make "popular music."

Fort Frances is currently in Maine finishing their upcoming record. You can catch Fort Frances at Lincoln Hall on December 12.

Matthew Frank of Their / They're / There spoke with CHIRP DJ Julie Mueller on Record Store Day 2014 after the band's instore at Saki Records. He revealed how the band was partially conceived at a Scandinavian metal show with Evan Weiss, new places the band's taken him for 2013 and gave a few details about their 2014 release. Also - SPOILER alert, Frank hates summer in Chicago. Find out why in this podcast.

As a working band in Chicago for over 20 years, The Luck of Eden Hall has fans the likes of Billy Corgan and Jim DeRogatis. The Luck of Eden Hall are juggling several projects, but made time to sit down with CHIRP DJ Julie Mueller to discuss their artistic process and what's changed about being a band in the last twenty years.

The Luck of Eden Hall released their eigthth full length, Victoria Moon, in September 2013. You can catch them live at Crabstock USA Festival of Psychedelia on April 11th, in Hamden, CT and at Vintage Vinyl in Evanston for an in-store performance on Record Store Day (4/19).

CHIRP's Julie Mueller sat down with Jered and Leslie from Bare Mutants on the eve of their record release show for The Affliction at the Empty Bottle. They discussed how that venue is a thread connecting all members of the band, and how things have changed since Jered formed The Ponys 10 years ago.

Bare Mutants will play the Tomorrow Never Knows Fest at Schubas Tavern on January 17th.